2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1998 -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - $17,600.00 -Database Manager
2015-07-17 - Updated through online information from John J. Miller. -- Church was visited 24 June, 2015. Organ played with minor problems including dead notes, a few unresponsive drawknobs, and inoperable swell pedals. The Echo division was also inoperable. The organ appears to be unaltered aside from a new music rack. <br>Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist relocated to 2011 East Capitol Drive in Shorewood, WI sometime after 1996. The Chinese Christian Church of Milwaukee now occupies the building. The organ is not used for worship. -Database Manager
Stoplist taken from console 24 June, 2015. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist / Chinese Christian Church of Milwaukee
Henry Pilcher’s Sons, Opus 1492, 1930
GREAT, enclosed and under expression, Manual II
8’ 1st Open Diapason
8’ 2nd Open Diapason
8’ Trumpet (Viola d’Gamba)*
8’ Doppel Flute
8’ Melodia
4’ Octave
4’ Hohl Flute
II Mixture
8’ Harmonic Tuba
Tremolo
CHOIR, enclosed and under expression, Manual I
8’ Geigen Principal
8’ Dulciana
8’ Unda Maris
8’ Concert Flute
4’ Flute Traverso
2’ Piccolo
8’ Clarinet
Missing Drawknob**
Tremolo
ECHO, enclosed and under expression
8’ Vox Seraphique
8’ Vox Angelica
8’ Viol Aetheria
8’ Cor de Nuit
4’ Fern Flute
8’ Vox Humana
Tremolo
Cathedral Chimes
SWELL, enclosed and under expression, Manual III
16’ Bourdon
8’ English Diapason
8’ Salicional
8’ Vox Celeste
8’ Rohr Flute
4’ Flute Harmonic
2 2/3’ Nazard
2’ Flautina
1 3/5’ Tierce
8’ Tuba
8’ Oboe
Tremolo
PEDAL
32’ Resultant
16’ Open Diapason
16’ Violone
16’ Bourdon
16’ Lieblich Gedeckt
8’ Open Diapason
16’ Tuba Profunda
8’ Cornopean
Great to Pedal 8’
Swell to Pedal 8’
Choir to Pedal 8’
Swell to Swell 16’
Swell to Swell 4’
Swell Unison Off
Swell to Great 8’
Swell to Great 16’
Swell to Great 4’
Choir to Great 8’
Choir to Great 16’
Choir to Great 4’
Great to Great 16’
Great to Great 4’
Great Unison Off
Swell to Choir 8’
Swell to Choir 16’
Swell to Choir 4’
Choir to Choir 16’
Choir to Choir 4’
Choir Unison Off
Echo to Great
Echo to Swell
Echo to Choir
Great Sep’r’tion
Swell Sep’r’tion
Choir Sep’r’tion
All Swells to Swell
*This drawknob operated some sort of Gamba—the current drawknob label must have been switched. The position on the console confirms a Gamba as well since it is near the bottom. Viola d’Gamba is common on other Pilcher specifications of the era. Although the Trumpet drawknob is original to the instrument, its original position on the console is unknown.
**Unfortunately, this drawknob was missing and the pipework could not be tested. Possibly an 8’ French Horn or an 8’ English Horn, as that would match other Pilcher specifications of the era.
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